How the challenges women face in the tech industry can change

Women make up around 29% of the technology workforce nationally. Only 18 % of technology degrees were earned by women in 2012, which is down from 35% in 1985.

On today's we On this Intersection, we took an in-depth look at what makes up the technology field, why women are not as interested in this occupation, the challenges they face when they are interested and how to get young girls educated in this subject matter.

Host Ryan Famuliner with Ceili Cornelison and Fang Wang

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Guests: Ceili Cornelison - Web application developer in Columbia, MO

Skype-in guest Anitha Raj

Fang Wang - Assistant Teaching Professor of Computer Science at the University of Missouri